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[Phumzile Van Damme @zilevandamme]

I see many asking why Elon Musk is obsessed with South Africa. It’s less consumer market & more location. SA is a global internet infrastructure connection hub & therefore prime location for ground stations as a launch point for the rest of the continent.

Below for all the details and complexities.

[𝐑𝐚𝐛𝐚𝐡𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐚𝐧𝐚 @ThabeloLeoli]

Wrapped!

#MoshoeshoeWalk2026

[Khaya Dlanga @khayadlanga]

This statement is not just historically illiterate, it’s morally bankrupt and lacks any empathy nor understanding.

Apartheid was not mere discomfort, because this is what you’re equating it to. It was not just hurt feelings. It was “losing a job opportunity”. It was systemic, brutal dehumanisation written into law and enforced with the utmost brutality.

Let’s go through some facts to remind you what actual persecution looks like even though I still know for a fact you will find a way to deny these:

The architect of apartheid, Hendrik Verwoerd, said:

“What is the use of teaching the Bantu child mathematics when it cannot use it in practice?”

That was not some throwaway remark. That was the Bantu Education Act in action. It was an entire schooling system designed to keep Black South Africans subservient and economically crippled. Something that has ripple effects to this very day.

Let’s talk about Sharpeville: 69 unarmed Black protestors shot in the back by police.
Let’s talk about the Soweto Uprising: Children killed by the state for protesting being forced to learn in Afrikaans. (Where is the Camps Bay uprising where kids were being forced to learn isiXhosa?)
Let’s talk about forced removals: Over 3.5 million people evicted from their homes because their skin wasn’t the right colour for the area.
Let’s talk about the Pass Laws: A criminal offence to exist in your own country without a permit, your freedom determined by a piece of paper
Let’s talk about voting rights: A white minority dictating the lives of the Black majority who weren’t even allowed to choose their leaders.
Let’s talk about land ownership: Black people were legally barred from owning land in 87% of the country.
Let’s talk about legally sanctioned torture and murder: Activists beaten, tortured, hanged, or made to disappear. My grandfather was one of them, tortured until he suffered a stroke and died. No trial.

Under apartheid, Black South Africans were not second-class citizens. We were not citizens at all. We were an inconvenience to be moved, controlled or eliminated.

Let’s contrast that with what you call “persecution” today: policies that seek to correct generations of deliberate exclusion. Efforts to broaden access to education, opportunity, and land not to harm you, but to repair what was broken.

You confuse equality with persecution because you’ve never had to live without privilege. You call transformation oppression because the playing field is finally being levelled and even that feels unbearable to you.

What you are calling “persecution” is people finally getting a seat at a table that was built on top of them.

If fairness feels like persecution to you, it says more about your comfort with injustice than it does about transformation.

[Pieter Kriel @pieterkrielorg]

Africa was never “discovered.” You can’t discover land where people already live. Europe invaded. They looted. They rewrote the story to make themselves heroes. That’s not history, that’s propaganda I refuse to be a part of. #politicalcommentary #politicssouthafrica

[University of KwaZulu-Natal @UKZN]

For years, Onazo Daniso balanced life as a medical student by day and a part-time nurse by night. While physically and emotionally taxing, she kept going fueled by the strong conviction that her true calling lay in being a doctor.

On Wednesday, that belief was vindicated as she crossed the graduation stage at the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN), earning her Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery degree,
cum laude.

The 29-year-old, now an intern at Prince Mshiyeni Memorial Hospital in Durban, achieved what once seemed impossible. Her cum laude pass reflects an academic average of at least 75% across all her modules which is a remarkable feat for anyone, but even more so for someone who spent years juggling work, study, student leadership, financial hardship, and the emotional weight of front-line pandemic duty.

“I have always wanted to be a doctor. I can’t imagine doing anything else. I love my job I think I would have been miserable doing something else,” she said shortly after her graduation.

Daniso’s love for medicine began in the Eastern Cape town of Lusikisiki, where she grew up witnessing the healthcare struggles of rural communities. The idea of becoming a doctor was further planted in her mind while in Grade 11 and living with her uncle in King Williams Town.

“I was attending extra classes that were funded by Cell C to help pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds. One of the teachers pulled me aside and suggested I consider medicine. At first, I
doubted myself,” she said.

In 2013 while in Matric she applied to study medicine at the University of the Free State but was only accepted to study nursing—her second choice.
She began her Nursing degree in 2014, but financial struggles threatened to derail her success.

Her determination didn’t waver. She wrote directly to the university’s Vice-Chancellor. The gamble paid off: her first year fees were cleared, and a door opened for a private bursar to fund her studies from second year.
NSFAS later funded her final two years. By 2018, she had completed her nursing degree and had to undertake one year of paid community service.

Earning money felt good but she still couldn’t shake the feeling that she wasn’t where she was meant to be.

“I always told my colleagues I was going back to study medicine. I needed to understand more and to be part of the decision-making,” she explained.
But another hurdle remained. Her bursary conditions required her to work for the sponsoring company for three years after her community service.
Rather than give up, Daniso started saving aggressively – setting aside more than two thirds of her salary each month.

“I continued living like a student just to save money,” she said. By year-end, she had scraped together the R116,000 needed to repay the bursar and some money needed to register at UKZN.

She began her medical degree at UKZN in 2019. In the first month of study (February) she commuted between Bloemfontein and Durban, attending classes on her off days. This was because she still had to fulfill her contractual obligations for community service until the end of that month.

In March, she relocated fully to Durban. Funding remained uncertain and she later launched a BackaBuddy campaign, raising R11,000, and later returned to part-time nursing to stay afloat.
Then came COVID-19 in 2020. “We were sent home and only returned to campus around June,” she said. As lockdowns deepened and hospitals filled, Daniso took shifts in high-risk wards, the so-called “red zones”.

“In December, I worked at a private hospital. I was the nursing sister, working six night shifts a week with just one day off. So many patients died. I still remember some of their faces. I hated the system and how powerless it made us feel.”

The trauma caught up with her. She took a break from nursing to protect her mental health and regroup. Even so, the chaos of the pandemic only sharpened her determination to pursue medicine.

“It made me more certain that I needed to become a doctor.” She returned to her studies and, in
the years that followed, continued to work and study under intense pressure.

She made the best of her years as a student even holding key student leadership positions.
“I felt the need to serve my community and so I served as a student leader. I think I was motivated by all the hardships I had faced as a student. I kept on seeing these gaps that needed
to be plugged”.

She was voted into the SRC in 2021/2022 and in 2023/2024 was voted as the finance officer for medical school.

She had to relinquish that position a month later after she received a scholarship to study at the University of Graz in Austria. In her final year of study, she was the final year Class Representatives and Final Year Committee chairperson.
Now working as an intern doctor at Prince Mshiyeni Hospital, Daniso has no regrets. She is looking forward to the road ahead.

#UKZNGrad2025 #UKZN #InspiringGreatness #AfricanExcellence #Inspired2032

[South African Government @GovernmentZA]

The Constitutional Review Committee (CRC) is calling for public input on the annual review of the Constitution. Make your voice count in shaping the future of our democracy.

📅 Deadline for written submissions: 31 May 2025

#7thParliament #Constitution #GovZAUpdates

[Clayson Monyela @ClaysonMonyela]

This is why it's important to never get tired of pushing back against lies, misinformation, fake news & sponsored nefarious agendas against our beloved country. Defend the 🇿🇦!!!

[Biko ⭐️ ⭐️ @Bikomfident]

Nokaneng by Teboho Makoatsa 🎨

[Ulrich Janse van Vuuren @UlrichJvV]

Over the past few days, I’ve received a wave of death wishes, threats and hate from (self-proclaimed) “Afrikaner”, “Christian”, “family-loving”, “patriotic” individuals just because I’ve been sharing positivity about South Africa and challenging misinformation. It’s ironic, isn’t it? The same people who claim to stand for love, faith and peace are the ones spreading the most hate. A lot of these narratives being peddled about our country don’t rely on facts, they rely on being repeated. They’re meant to shut down other opinions and thought. And when someone questions this, they become a target. This lot isn’t interested in conversation, they want confirmation. And they won’t get that from me. 🇿🇦❤️

[given ngomani @givvy_givven]

A woman will find you living peacefully like this then start buying curtains,nice plates and many socks.
Before you know it,she's giving birth to little friends of hers who look like you.

Women 🙄

[Justin Pewly @JustinPewlybug]

I'm so jealous of Prince Harry. Like this man won at and in life. From bean on toast to being fed like this. & the fking lavender towels. Danm my dude is being dotted on & I'm hating. Congrats Meg, I'm happy you rise above it all & picking up where you left up. #WithLoveMeghan

[Andreas Peschke @AmbPeschke]

The Kingdom of #Lesotho is, among many other things, the most important water tower in southern Africa.

Germany is proud of its partnership & cooperation with Lesotho.

Re batla ho sebetsa mmoho 🇩🇪🫱🏽‍🫲🏻🇱🇸

[Anele Mdoda @Anele]

There is a new syndicate brewing. They work their way into your children’s digital circles, follow, befriend and finally make their way into their what’s app circles, gain trust, get nudes and then blackmail for money or they will leak your child’s nudes to your child’s school and social circles.

They target the popular kids, head boys,
rugby captains, yes mostly boys, who have a reputation to uphold and believe they have a lot to lose.

This is so serious, I am shook.
This is a real danger ⚠️ and is contributing to a higher suicide rate in teens.

They are organised and highly aggressive especially when they have your child’s nudes. They can send up to 1000 messages a day to corner your child

@CindyPoluta tackles this on her podcast, Teen Junction. Please if you have kids… press play

https://t.co/U4sgk8kU9k

[Andreas Peschke @AmbPeschke]

Just hiked up Table Mountain.

Favourite Mountain, great country, welcoming people
❤️🇿🇦

[Let's Talk With Che Marville @CheMarvilleReal]

Oh the complaining….
Let's cut through the noise about #MeghanMarkle's latest Netflix venture and face some uncomfortable truths.
The media circus isn't about Meghan – it's about money. Every click, every outraged comment, every "royal expert" analysis fills someone's bank account. The content machine has found its perfect fuel: a biracial American actress who dared to enter (and then exit) the British monarchy.
Nobody wants to admit it: Meghan Markle's greatest crime was refusing to play by the rules designed to keep people like her out. The British press demands she be authentic, go away, and be private, American but not too American. It's a game rigged for failure. And you know, if she called anyone in the press and said, "I would like to do an interview," they would jump at it.

Think about it. When was the last time Meghan commented on the royal family? She's been focused on building her empire while everyone else obsesses over her every move. The same critics who slam her for "seeking attention" write endless articles about her silence.

Let's be brutally honest about what's happening:
- The entertainment industry profits from manufacturing outrage about her
- Media outlets exploit racial and cultural tensions for clicks
- "Royal watchers" have built entire careers on criticizing her
- Critics who preach authenticity attack her for being herself

Here's the reality: Meghan Markle is doing exactly what any smart businessperson would – leveraging her platform, building her brand, and controlling her narrative. The same people who praise entrepreneurship are the ones condemning her for it.

Stop pretending this is about protocol or tradition. This is about power – who's allowed to have it, who's allowed to use it, and who gets destroyed for daring to claim it.

The obsession with Meghan Markle reveals more about our broken media ecosystem and societal biases than it does about her. But nobody wants that conversation because outrage is more profitable than truth. Despite the global bullying, she is still standing, she continues to try to create new things and invest in others making and building companies.
Good for Meghan Markle and her family!

Coach Che

[Thembekile @ThembiMrototo]

This is the best safety warning I’ve seen today 😂

[A.I. Adamu @isasquare]

All cats with 3 colours are female. Male cats can’t have 3 colours.

[#Land&Libraries @EducNurture]

Selemo Sa Basotho!
Happy New Year to Basotho marking the month of August, AKA Phato.
Phato ushers in warmer spring weather & a new agricultural season. Phato is the time of great renewal in life.
🙏🏾Teach our children our culture. Plant even in a recycled tin.
Khotso! Pula! Nala!

[Lesotho.ls @LesothoLs]

Morena Seeiso Bereng Seeiso, Morena oa Sehlooho oa Matsieng u etsa khoeletso ho Basotho hore ba itsebe, ba ithate ba rate le naha ea Lesotho le ho ts'ehetsa Lesotho Nation Brand.
#ExperienceElevation
#Senyamo